The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
3:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.65° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.15° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.